Jezera (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: ''Језера'') is a village in central

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. Before the collapse and dissolution of Yugoslavia and the

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incidents, the war is commonly seen as ha ...

, 1992-1995, Jezera was administratively under the jurisdiction of

Teslić Teslić ( sr-cyrl, Теслић) is a town in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of Republika Srpska, on the banks of the Usora (river), Usora River. As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,518 inhabita ...

, a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in central-northern Bosnia; after the war the village was administratively partly attached to the

Zenica Zenica ( ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The ...

, to the south of Teslić.

Demographics

The

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and

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structure of Jezera was disturbed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Heavily populated by the Orthodox Christian inhabitants before the war, Jezera's demographic structure drastically changed during and following the war. To give an example, virtually the entire subvillage (

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

: ''zaseok'', pl. ''zaseoci'') Kusići, left their homes and the area. Among the reasons for this

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was the newly established

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order in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the administrative attachment of the village to

. The border between the two Bosnian "entities," i.e. the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: ''Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / ''Федерација Босне и Херцеговине'') is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities composing Bo ...

and

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

, runs through the village Jezera. Before the war and the exodus of its population, the village of Jezera was composed of several subvillages: * Đukići * Đurići * Jelići * Kusići * Mijići * Nedići * Panići As is often the case with many other Bosnian

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s, the names of villages and subvillages are the same as the last names carried by its inhabitants; e.g., the villagers of the subvillage ''Đukići'' (pl. of ''Đukić'') would carry the same last name, Đukić.

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

total: 1,069 *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

- 1,063 (99.43%) *

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

- 1 (0.09%) * others and unknown - 5 (0.46%)

References

* Official results from the book: ''Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census'', Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no. 234, Sarajevo, 1991.

Demographics

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

References

See also